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BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Julie Bennett, Women’s Basketball Athletic Communications Contact Second Floor, Simpson Center | 1500 South University Parks Drive, Waco, TX 76706 O: 254.710.3042 | C: 254.709.9657 | F: 254.710.1369 [email protected] | www.BaylorBears.com Twitter (@BaylorWBB) | Blog (Lady Bear Hoop Happenings) | Facebook (BaylorWBB & BaylorAthletics) 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT BIDS | 2005 & ‘10 FINAL FOUR | 2005 NCAA CHAMPION 2005, ‘11 & ‘12 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS | 2005, ‘09, ‘11, ‘12 BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2011-12 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFO NOVEMBER § Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score Date: Monday, March 26 N11 1/1 — (1) HOWARD W, 82-28 §Tip-Off: 6 p.m. (CT) N13 1/1 — (1) CHATTANOOGA W, 91-31 §Location: Des Moines, Iowa N17 1/1 22/rv (1) UCLA W, 83-50 §Arena: Wells Fargo Arena (7,000) N20 1/1 2/2 (1) NOTRE DAME CBSSN W, 94-81 § N22 1/1 — YALE W, 109-59 Television: ESPN N27 1/1 6/7 at Tennessee ESPN W, 76-67 §Talent: Beth Mowins (pxp), Stephanie White N30 1/1 — TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 91-39 BAYLOR TENNESSEE (analyst), Samantha Steele (sideline) §Radio: Baylor Sports Network - IMG College DECEMBER LADY BEARS LADY VOLS Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score ESPN Radio - 1660 AM D4 1/1 — at Minnesota BTN W, 89-60 2011-12 Record: 37-0 2011-12 Record: 27-8 §Talent: Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman (analyst) Ranking (AP/ESPN): 1/1 Ranking (AP/ESPN): 9/7 D8 1/1 — MILWAUKEE W, 72-41 §Live Stats: BaylorBears.com D11 1/1 — (2) St. John’s ESPNU W, 73-59 Last Game: W, 83-68, #15 Georgia Tech Last Game: W, 84-73, Kansas § D18 1/1 2/2 CONNECTICUT ESPN W, 66-61 Head Coach: Kim Mulkey Head Coach: Pat Summitt Audio: BaylorBears.com (free) D21 1/1 — MCNEESE STATE W, 90-50 Career Record: 335-79 (12th season) Record at UT: 1098-207 (38th season) §Web Stream: ESPN3 D30 1/1 — MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. W, 93-55 Record at BU: Same Career Record: Same § Baylor vs. UT: 3-2 Summitt vs BU: 2-3 Gameday Central: BaylorBears.com JANUARY Mulkey vs. UT: 3-2 Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score J4 1/1 — § MISSOURI W, 90-46 J7 1/1 — § at Iowa State Mediacom W, 57-45 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship J11 1/1 — § OKLAHOMA STATE W, 71-44 Des Moines Regional J15 1/1 rv/rv § at Texas FSN W, 77-59 J18 1/1 17/20 § at Texas Tech W, 72-64 Sweet 16 - March 24 (Saturday) J21 1/1 23/22 § KANSAS STATE W, 76-41 Wells Fargo Arena-Des Moines, Iowa J26 1/1 rv/rv § at Oklahoma FSN W, 89-58 § No. 2 Tennessee def. No. 11 Kansas 84-73 J28 1/1 rv/rv KANSAS W, 74-46 No. 1 Baylor def. No. 4 Georgia Tech 83-68 FEBRUARY Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score Elite Eight - March 26 (Monday) F1 1/1 — § at Missouri W, 71-41 No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 2 Tennessee- ESPN - 6 p.m. (Central) F4 1/1 rv/rv § at Kansas State W, 70-41 F6 1/1 -/rv § OKLAHOMA ESPN2 W, 81-54 Baylor in the NCAA Tournament... F11 1/1 15/14 § TEXAS A&M FSN W, 71-48 Baylor is competing in its ninth straight and 11th all-time NCAA Tournament, as all appearances have come since head F15 1/1 — § at Oklahoma State W, 83-52 F18 1/1 — § TEXAS TECH KCEN W, 56-51 coach Kim Mulkey assumed the program’s helm. BU is 25-9 in NCAA Tournament games, including 10-1 in first round F21 1/1 — § TEXAS FSSW W, 80-59 games, 7-3 in second round games, 4-3 in the Sweet 16, 2-1 in the Elite Eight, 1-1 in the national semifinals and 1-0 in § F24 1/1 — at Kansas FSN W, 76-45 championship games. BU has won its first-round game in each of its last 10 NCAA trips, and has reached the Elite Eight in F27 1/1 17/11 § at Texas A&M ESPN2 W, 69-62 each of its last three trips to the big dance. A Baylor victory would ensure the team its third Final Four (2005 and 2010). MARCH Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score No. 1/1 Baylor Makes Third-Straight Elite Eight Appearance... § M3 1/1 — IOWA STATE FSN W, 77-53 The top-ranked Baylor Lady Bears, NCAA Division I’s lone undefeated team with a school-record 37-0 mark, are the M8 1/1 — (3) Texas Tech FSN W, 72-48 M9 1/1 — (3) Kansas State FSN W, 86-65 NCAA Championships’ overall No. 1 seed. M10 1/1 22/14 (3) Texas A&M FSN W, 73-50 After downing UC Santa Barbara (81-40) in the first round, the Florida Gators in the second round (76-57), and 15th- M18 1/1 — (4) UC Santa Barbara ESPN2 W, 81-40 ranked Georgia Tech (83-68), Baylor will play in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight for the third straight year and fourth M20 1/1 — (4) Florida ESPN2 W, 76-57 time overall it takes on second-seeded and ninth-ranked Tennessee (27-8) on Monday, March 26. M24 1/1 15/13 (5) Georgia Tech ESPN W, 83-68 M26 1/1 9/7 (5) Tennessee ESPN 6 p.m. Baylor is led by a trio of double-digit scorers on the season. Junior post Brittney Griner, National Player of the Year candidate and 2012 U.S. Olympic Team finalist, leads the Big 12 with 23.4 points per game while sophomore guard SCHEDULE KEY Odyssey Sims, an All-America candidate, manages 14.5 a contest, and junior forward/post Destiny Williams adds Rankings: AP/ESPN 10.3 an outing. Junior guard Kimetria Hayden adds 9.0 a game. Williams, Griner and junior forward/post Brooklyn § Big 12 Conference game Pope are the team’s top rebounders with Griner and Williams each averaging 9.2 a game and Pope manages 5.2 per Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Ferrell Center (10,284) game. Sims is also averaging 4.4 assists and 3.0 steals per contest while Griner manages a nation’s best 5.1 blocks per game. (1) Preseason WNIT (Waco, Texas) (2) Maggie Dixon Classic (Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.) Monday’s matchup between top-ranked Baylor and No. 9 Tennessee is the second meeting this season. On Nov. 27, (3) Big 12 Championship (Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.) Baylor downed the then-No. 6 ranked Lady Vols, 76-67, in Knoxville, snapping Tennessee’s 38-game home winning (4) NCAA Championship (Stroh Center, Bowling Green, Ohio) streak. Tennessee led 33-31 at halftime but BU outscored the Lady Vols 45-34 in the second half to claim the win. The (5) NCAA Championship (Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa) victory marked Baylor’s third straight victory over Tennessee. Griner and Sims combined for 49 points with 26 and 23, respectively, while guard Jordan Madden added 11. Two Lady Vols, Shekinna Stricklen and Vicki Baugh, posted double- doubles as Tennessee outrebounded Baylor 56-42. 2011-12 BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 HEAD COACH KIM MULKEY KIM MULKEY - HEAD COACH QUICK FACTS Success = Kim Mulkey. No matter what she’s attempted in basketball, whether it be on the court or along the sideline, Mulkey has found success. In just her 12th season as a head Education: Louisiana Tech, 1984 (B.A.) coach, she attained 300 career victories and ranks No. 4 among the winningest active Experience: Division I head coaches (.809) and No. 5 all-time by percentage. Of the three active coaches Louisiana Tech (Player), 1980-84 ranked ahead of her, Mulkey reached 300 wins the fastest. It took Geno Auriemma (UConn) Louisiana Tech (Assistant Coach), 1985-96 and Pat Summitt (Tennessee) each 13 seasons to attain the milestone and Stanford’s Tara Louisiana Tech (Assoc. Head Coach), 1996-00 VanDerveer needed 14 years to reach 300. Baylor (Head Coach) 2000-present When the Women's Basketball Hall of Famer accepted the position as Baylor University’s Highlights women's basketball head coach on April 4, 2000, few could have predicted the dramatic • 2 national championships as a player (1981, AIAW; 1982, NCAA). and prestigious transformation the program was about to undergo. In just 12 years at • 1 NCAA championship as a head coach (2005). Baylor, the former Olympic Gold medalist has guided the Lady Bear basketball program to • 1 NCAA championship as an assistant coach (1988). the pinnacle of women's basketball, the 2005 NCAA national championship, 11 NCAA • 31 seasons as a player and coach have resulted in 31 postseason Tournament appearances, 12, 20-win seasons and three, 30-win campaigns, including a school-record 37 wins this season. In trips, including 30 to NCAA/AIAW Tournament. addition, over the past seven seasons, Mulkey has led the Lady Bears to two Final Four appearances (2005, ’10) and seven Big 12 • Mulkey is the only women’s basketball coach, and one of only three in men’s and women’s basketball (Bob Knight and Dean Smith), who Conference titles. have won a national championship as both a player and coach. The 2005 national title was Baylor's first for a women's team sport, and just the second in school history overall. • Mulkey is the ONLY basketball coach to win a national In winning the 2005 title, Mulkey became the first person, man or woman, to win a basketball national championship as a championship as a head coach, assistant coach and player.